SilverStone is going for the (over)kill with a 1500W enthusiast-grade PC power supply. The Strider Series 1500W (model: SST-ST1500) is one of the first 1000+ Watt PSUs to carry the 80 Plus Silver efficiency rating. This PSU made for an early-sighting at this year's CeBIT event, and is gearing up for launch very soon. It delivers 1500W of continuous, and 1600W of peak power. It features a 100% modular cable design, meaning that even the 24-pin ATX and EPS cables are modular unlike in most modular PSUs.

The unit measures 150 x 86 x 220 mm (WxHxD). Under the hood are eight +12V rails, that belt out up to 120A of current. Active PFC is available. The ATI CrossFireX and NVIDIA SLI certified PSU features four 6+2 pin, and eight 6-pin PCI-Express power connectors. High-grade Japanese capacitors are used. A 135 mm fan with a minimum noise-output of 19 dBA keeps this beast cool. Applications? Plenty: an enthusiast could run a highly-tweaked multi-GPU PC, and be able to directly power one or two thermo-electric coolers.

by: alexp999How about a dual i7 WS board crunching and four GTX295s all folding! :D

With most PS's peak efficiency around 50% load, picking a 1K, 1.2K, or even 1.5K PSU may save some dollars at the end of the day. Though we're usually only talkin' a couple percentage points between 20% 50% and 80% loads...

Fairly typical system for CAD related to mining and oil drilling. That shit is insane. We have a computer at babcock power that runs bentley autoplant on 4 2560x1600 displays. same specs though (5400s not 5800; those just came out).

I'd like to see someone build a gaming rig like that though *rolls eyes* as if there is a gaming engine that could handle those kinds of resources without actually becoming slower due to overhead anyways.